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The hearing was told that Mr Sims had made a phone call shortly before D Wing prisoners were due to be locked in their cells at around 5.30pm.

Officer Ruth Jones said she logged it as "a compassionate" call because he said it had been made to a family member. He asked for permission to make a second call from a phone on the landing but this was refused.

"I said 'I'll see what I can do in the morning,'" said Ms Jones who was completing the "lockdown." She described Mr Sims as "always polite, pleasant and respectful to staff."

The hearing was also told that a nurse did not know he had harmed himself a few days before he was found hanging. Nurse Martha Cuege said he failed to tell her about the incident when he was brought back to the jail - and that information was not in records made available to her.

On another file, the front page carried a message saying: "Do not return to HMP Nottingham."

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Gary Dutton, one of the prison governors, said Mr Sims had appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court where he had caused some problems for security staff. He went into the segregation unit where the governor felt he would be safe.

Mr Sims had been in Lincoln Prison from March 1 last year and was moved to Humber Prison on June 1. Later he was switched to Nottingham because of the court appearance.

Mr Dutton said the concerns about move came from staff at Humber. He told the inquest: "I could find no reason what his issues were with Nottingham.

"Humber records says he was looking forward to return to HMP Nottingham to be closer to his family."

On August 4, a mobile phone and improvised charger were found in his cell. He faced a prison court where his jail term could have been increased because of this offence. Before this hearing could be held, Mr Sims died in the Queen's Medical Centre on August 15.